Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy recently said former Vice President Mike Pence missed a 'historic oppo
By Amy Sherman • August 9, 2023
Also, electoral vote counting is a specific congressional task specified in the Constitution, experts in congressional procedure said. A session called to count electoral votes cannot also perform legislative tasks, particularly before its constitutionally mandated task of counting is completed. The earliest Congress could have acted upon Ramaswamy’s agenda would have been after finishing the joint session and separating into two chambers to debate and pass a law, said Gregory Koger, a University of Miami political scientist.
"If a vice president had attempted to hold the electoral count hostage to force action, it is more likely that would have led to impeachment of the vice president than a legislative breakthrough on this contentious issue," Koger said.
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